Please add me, Keith.

The way things seem is not what it seems! Maybe we have qualia, and they just *seem* to have a physically inexplicable intrinsic character because *that* seeming serves some epistemic function?

Audio available now on Spotify!

Go take a listen (link in comments) . . .

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These Strange New Opportunities (And Challenges) “AI risk” isn’t just about what’s inside the model. It’s about systems: how models are connected to tools, to each other, and to the social and economic infrastructures that coordinate modern life.

How can we look beyond the AI models themselves to anticipate what’s about to happen? See my notes on my recent @brighthink.bsky.social discussion with Christopher Summerfield: www.linkedin.com/pulse/strang...

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Reminds me of Swift’s Modest Proposal.

Could they manipulate or deceive you, and if so, what might they make you do?

Whose interests do they represent?

When will they be able to move beyond words and take action in the real world?

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THESE STRANGE NEW MINDS: How AI Learned to Talk and What it Means — Brighthink Drawing on his acclaimed book, These Strange New Minds , neuroscientist and AI researcher Christopher Summerfield traces AI’s evolution from its earliest ideas to today’s deep neural networks and a...

Another great @brighthink.bsky.social event coming up on Monday: Christopher Summerfield will discuss issues raised in his excellent book, "These Strange New Minds: How AI Learned to Talk and What It Means". I'm very much looking forward to chairing! www.brighthink.org/events/these...

LLMs and empty talk Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of speaking at the Unhyped AI Seminars in Sociotechnical & Responsible AI at the University of Stirling. My talk was titled "Apropos of Nothing? Singular Reference & ...

Does your LLM understand what it is talking about? First ask whether it is talking about anything at all! A report of my invited lecture at the University of Stirling last week:
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Sussex AI Day 2026 is Monday, January 19th at the University of Sussex! Keynote by Eleni Vasilaki.

I'll be discussing responsibility and AI on a panel with Graeme Cox, Jacqueline O'Reilly & Jeremy Reffin, moderated by Robyn Waller.

Registration: lnkd.in/gC3PGVS6

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Can GPTs be more than Stochastic Parrots? Informationally Grounded Utterances Despite the impressive ability of large language models (LLMs) to generate outputs that are often correct, informative, and apparently insightful or...

In an hour’s time I’m giving a COGS Research Seminar entitled “Can GPTs be more than Stochastic Parrots? Informationally Grounded Utterances”

www.sussex.ac.uk/schools/psyc...

Laurie Anderson - Private concert at the Chapelle Sainte-Jeanne-D'arc, Paris - ARTE Concert YouTube video by ARTE Concert

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“America seems to be saying ‘Hold my beer!’”

Philosoph Tim Crane: „KI kann keine Meinung haben“ Kann ein Computer ein Bewusstsein entwickeln? Kann er etwas wissen? Diese Fragen stellt sich der britische Philosoph Tim Crane. Mit der FURCHE sprach er darüber – und über Religion und den Sinn des Le...

There you go www.furche.at/feuilleton/p...

Acrobat illuminating a butterfly

A few inquiries about what I said in Amden prompted me to post this précis on LinkedIn. I only mention AI very briefly at the end — perhaps a follow-up post is in order. www.linkedin.com/posts/ronchr...

In beautiful Amden, Switzerland for the Society for Mind Matter Research. This year’s theme is “Flourishing” and we’ve heard a wide range of fascinating talks on the connections between well-being/personal growth and consciousness science. My talk: “Flourishing in the Age of Intelligent Machines”.

Breathtakingly dramatic compositions excellently performed. tonusperegrinus.bandcamp.com/album/music-...

All of us at the birth of the School of Cognitive Sciences in 86 became the intellectual children of Maggie Boden and Aaron Sloman, and much improved for it. On this event I feel less the great loss, more the impact of an incredible life, well lived. An unstoppable force

We're so excited to share the recording of our fascinating talk with Neil D. Lawrence talking about his latest book, The Atomic Human, with Ron Chrisley.

Do your ears (and your brain) a favour, and go take a listen now!

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BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Dame Cleo Laine, Hulk Hogan, Margaret Boden, Tom Lehrer Matthew Bannister on a singer, a wrestler, a cognitive scientist and a satirist.

Margaret Boden, giant of Cognitive Science and the Philosophy of AI, is one of the people whose lives will be remembered on BBC Radio 4’s Last Word programme tomorrow at 4pm UK time. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Konwinski Prize - AI Software Engineering Challenge I’m giving $1M to the first team that exceeds 90% on a new version of SWE-bench.

First results are out for the K Prize:
www.kprize.ai

Eduardo Rocha de Andrade will receive $50K for the win where his final score is based on correct answers to just 7.5% of the questions on the “contamination-free version of SWE-Bench”

We had a thoroughly fascinating and entertaining evening yesterday with Neil D. Lawrence discussing his book, The Atomic Human, & all things to do with what makes us human in this fast evolving world of technology, with Ron Chrisley of Sussex University.

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Join us in Brighton on Wednesday 23rd July, with Neil D Lawrence, and learn what it is that makes us human in the age of AI.

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Calling the Brighton AI community - Neil D. Lawrence, DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning at Cambridge University, will be discussing his book, The Atomic Human, on Wed 23rd July - Tix link in comments.

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In 2.5 hours (7pm Barcelona time) I will give my talk entitled "Do current AI models have mental imagery?" If you are at The Science of Consciousness conference please come by! #TSC2025 #Barcelona #MachineConsciousness

As promised, here’s the title and abstract for the talk I gave earlier today in Barcelona: “First, Do No Harm: AI for the Market Mind”

On the plane to Spain! Specifically Barcelona to speak at the inaugural workshop of the Cognitive Economics Collaboration Initiative tomorrow, & at The Science of Consciousness conference on Wednesday. Details later. #marketmind #machineconsciousness #finai consciousness.arizona.edu/tsc-2025-bar...

At University College London, attending a memorial symposium for my friend and colleague Basil Hiley, who passed away earlier this year. Paavo Pylkkänen, pictured here, was a good friend and close collaborator of Basil’s. Sir Roger Penrose will be the final speaker. indico.cern.ch/event/1543974/

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